As the oil and water spread all over the river in front of the pass, the torches were thrown down, and a fire broke out on the river, but Cheng Xiaolian's brows also wrinkled, the degree of this fire burned much weaker than he imagined, if it weren't for the flickering flames, he would have thought that this fire plan was not successful at all.

However, this effect does not seem to have any substantial harm, Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly in his heart, after all, it is not oil, otherwise the river should be a sea of fire at this time.

Even so, it frightened the soldiers in the water, they didn't expect that there would be a fire on the water, and they all held their breath and retreated to the back, this kind of flame that can burn on the water must be some kind of miracle, since no one can extinguish it, if it burns them, it is estimated that they will be burned alive.

These people had never seen oil floating in water and burning, so few dared to stay here.

At this time, the artillery on both sides and the trebuchets at the head of the city adjusted their direction one after another, and blasted towards the ships in front of the iron cable, Geng Jingzhong had no choice but to shout: "Retreat, retreat for the time being." ”

The ship slowly retreated, Geng Jingzhong glanced at Shang Zhixin: "Brother Shang Shi, there are only two ways now, one is for us to retreat temporarily, I have just seen it, the fire oil at the head of the city has poured a lot, they can't pour fire oil into the water every day, and they don't necessarily have so much fire oil, let's come back tomorrow, let the soldiers under us prepare tools, and we can disassemble the iron cable in one fell swoop." The other is to bite the bullet, I don't guarantee that we will win. ”

Shang Zhixin was stunned for a moment: "Then what else do you have to say, rush back to the market, if it continues to be consumed, our ship will be gone." ”

The big ship immediately began to sing gold, and then the fleet retreated to the back, and the soldiers at the head of the city were all stunned, and they withdrew today?

Geng Jingzhong's monk Zhixin didn't care about the lives of the soldiers, what they cared about was the ship, if the more they consumed, the more the ship would be damaged, and it would not be as easy for them to get a big ship as this time. If it is an ordinary siege battle, let alone the loss of a few hundred people, even tens of thousands of people cannot retreat at this time, and the damage to morale is too great.

Seeing Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi retreat, Cheng Xiaolian's face was not good-looking, sometimes repelling the enemy was not a victory, just like now, they did not let Geng Shang's coalition army break their muscles and bones, and most of the fire oil has been used, and it will not have this effect if they come again tomorrow.

Yang Youcai slapped the wall: "Grandma, these turtle sons are really decisive, they are so neat that they will withdraw from the army, and our oil is burning, isn't it in vain?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly: "People are not stupid, it is impossible for you to burn people, and people are still rushing forward, but how to prevent them from breaking the iron cable tomorrow." ”

Yang Youcai scratched his head: "You can only shoot arrows, but whether the bow and arrow can shoot people to death when they enter the water depends on luck." ”

At this time, a brocade guard ran to the front: "Your Highness, there is a letter from Chengdu." ”

Cheng Xiaolian's eyes lit up: "Hurry up and see what Master Luo says, if there is fierce fire oil, it will make them not get close by half a step." ”

Yang Youcai took the letter, quickly opened it, and his face sank after only looking at it, and Cheng Xiaolian's heart also sank to the bottom.

"Your Highness, Lord Luo said that the fierce fire oil was taken away by Wang Pingfan, and only one barrel was left."

Who knew that Cheng Xiaolian's face suddenly relaxed: "Hurry up and look down, I remember asking him where there is fierce fire oil, he must know where he got it." ”

Yang Youcai's face was a little strange: "There is one in Baoning Mansion, where we have fought, but it was filled with stones during the war." ”

"Filled? Why? ”

"It is said that the government was worried that some people would take advantage of the opportunity to use the fierce fire oil to cause chaos, so they sealed it with stones, and sent people to guard it, and waited until the fighting subsided before resuming the mining."

Cheng Xiaolian is very strange, the more he fights, the more he can use fierce fire oil, the reason here is definitely not so simple, but where is there an air traffic control now, immediately let people notify the Baoning Mansion, prepare ten barrels of fierce fire oil to Qutang Pass, and the mining work in the future must continue, and it is not allowed to let go.

Then he glanced at Yang Youcai: "Immediately send a powerful Jinyi guard to guard the fierce fire oil, this thing can only be controlled by us, and it must not fall into the hands of others." ”

Qin Yue also came over at this time: "Your Highness, they are not fooled. ”

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "It's normal, the two of them are not reckless, correctly analyzing the battlefield situation is a necessary ability for an excellent general, Lord Qin, we have encountered a hard stubble this time." ”

"Hard stubble is interesting, we have to fight the country back in a dignified manner, but we don't rely on good luck to win the battle."

Before dawn the next day, the city remembered the rapid sound of drums, and the soldiers immediately understood that the enemy was coming, and quickly picked up the weapons at hand and ran towards the city.

Cheng Xiaolian also got up, and Yang Youcai had already arrived at the door: "The Geng Shang coalition army has attacked, and Lord Qin has led the generals to the city." ”

Cheng Xiaolian went to the water basin outside and wet his face twice: "Don't be nervous, they failed to remove the iron rope yesterday and retreated early, and it is normal to attack early today." ”

Yang Youcai smiled bitterly: "It's not dawn yet, I'm afraid that neither the artillery on the rock wall nor the trebuchets in the city will have no way to aim." ”

"Our enemy has finally learned to be smart, there is no way, we can't expect our opponent's head to be unenlightened, let them continue to attack, even if it is a blind fight, don't save stones and shells, if people enter the city, they will be saved for the enemy."

When the two of them arrived at the head of the city, Qin Yue's face was also very gloomy: "They started to attack just after the fifth watch, if it weren't for our people on the other side who kept staring, I'm afraid I would have suffered a big loss today." Speaking of this, his face darkened: "This time, the brother on the other side used fireworks to report the news, I'm afraid he has been killed." ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "It's not good for us in the dark night, and it may not be good for them, Qutang Gorge is not a ditch in front of their house, in order to prevent us from showing them, they don't even hang lanterns on the bow of their boats, there are so many reefs, just pretend to be one or two is enough for them to stand it." ”

As if to verify his words, a loud, dull sound came from the darkness, followed by the screams of countless people.

Yang Youcai laughed: "Your Highness is really a god." ”

"Don't be a sycophant, immediately notify the gunners and trebuchets to start attacking, just fight according to the feeling of yesterday, they can only lurk in the dark night, and it is not easy to break the iron cable."

(End of chapter)